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Security Nexus | Webinar Episode 10: Australia’s First Female Commando: A Tale of Resilience

By |2024-03-13T16:47:24-10:00March 11th, 2024|Categories: Minnich, news, Security Nexus Webinar|Tags: |

Discover Lt. Col. Robyn Fellowes' early life on a Queensland farm, her path to becoming the first Australian woman to earn the Commando Green Beret, and her extensive global operational experiences. We'll explore her pivotal role as a military gender adviser, her influence in shaping the role of women in the military, insights from her memoir "Wings of Change," and her invaluable advice for aspiring leaders. Lt Col Robyn Fellowes (Recommended on March 11, 2024) “Winning the Peace: Profiles of Australian Gender Advisors on Military Operations” by Group Captain (Dr) Deanne ‘Dee’ Gibbon, CSC OAM (Australian Defence Organisation, 2023) https://www.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-10/Winning-the-Peace-Profiles-of-Australian-Gender-Advisors-on-Military-Operations.pdf [...]

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AUKUS Is a Short-Term Mess but a Long-Term Win for Australia

By |2021-10-12T21:38:32-10:00October 12th, 2021|Categories: Faculty Articles, Vuving, External Publications, news|Tags: , |

Dr. Alexander Vuving has a new article in Foreign Policy magazine entitled “AUKUS Is a Short-Term Mess but a Long-Term Win for Australia.” The article discusses the impact of the Australian-UK-US pact on Australia. According to Vuving, although the immediate impact may have been controversial, he states that this puts Australia on the right side of history. “The great-power rivalry between the United States and China is the more fundamental struggle between a rules-based and a hierarchy-based international order,” said Vuving. He concluded that “Australia is fortunate not to have a dilemma between the best choice based on the values [...]

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Is the Pacific Triad (Australia, New Zealand and France) Undermining US Influence in the Pacific?

By |2021-02-19T20:29:47-10:00February 19th, 2021|Categories: Journal, news|Tags: , , , |

“Is the Pacific Triad (Australia, New Zealand and France) Undermining US Influence in the Pacific?” is the title of a paper by Dr. Francis Hualupmomi for Security Nexus. This paper discusses how Australia and New Zealand’s influence in the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Secretary-General elections, to reduce Chinese influence in the Pacific, may have had the opposite effect. Summary There is a growing concern that the Pacific region is facing a major challenge in managing disintegration as Micronesia withdrew from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). Micronesian leaders believe that Australia and New Zealand, supported by France, have influenced the appointment [...]

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Is the U.S. Relationship with Australia Detrimental to Strategic Aspirations with Papua New Guinea?

By |2020-10-19T15:55:41-10:00October 19th, 2020|Categories: Canyon, Journal, news|Tags: , , |

“Is the U.S. Relationship with Australia Detrimental to Strategic Aspirations with Papua New Guinea?” is the title of a paper written by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Deon Canyon  and Michael Kabuni for Security Nexus. This article discusses the pitfalls of the U.S. - Australia relationship, and how they relate to Papua New Guinea. Excerpt The United States partnership with Australia is beyond doubt the most significant in Oceania. As a western nation, Australia holds many of the same values as the U.S. and there are extensive economic, diplomatic and military ties that bind the two countries together. There are, however, [...]

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An Analysis of Australian Defense Policy from 1901 to Present

By |2020-01-31T16:03:44-10:00January 31st, 2020|Categories: Courses|Tags: , , |

“An Analysis of Australian Defense Policy from 1901 to Present,” written by Major Jeremy P. Brown, U.S. Army, is the latest addition to the Security Nexus series by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Abstract: Scholars generally consider there to be three main eras in Australian Defense Policy: The Imperial Defense era (1901-1945), Forward Defense era (1950-1975) and Defense of Australia era (1975-1997).  These eras are informed by world events, leaders and outside powers that influence defense policy on the continent.  This analytical analysis examines each major conceptual approach and themes defining defense policy throughout Australia’s history.  Additionally, [...]

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DKI APCSS and Pacific Disaster Center propose a systematic methodology to rank needs of people with life threatening conditions and chronic diseases before, during and after a disaster

By |2019-10-24T10:05:49-10:00May 14th, 2019|Categories: College, Conference, Ryan, news|Tags: , , , , |

Dr. Benjamin Ryan, DKI APCSS, and Dr. Joseph Green, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), proposed a systematic methodology to rank needs of people with life threatening conditions and chronic diseases before, during and after a disaster at the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Congress in Brisbane, Australia, on May 8, 2019. Dr. Ryan, DKI APCSS Dr. Ryan discussed how disasters can damage the essential social protections and public health infrastructure required for vulnerable populations. This contributes to indirect mortality and morbidity as high as 70–90%, primarily due to an exacerbation of life-threatening conditions and chronic diseases. The [...]

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Dr. Ryan discusses the need to integrate the private sector into international disaster response

By |2019-10-24T10:08:11-10:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: Ryan, news|Tags: , , , |

Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) professor Dr. Benjamin Ryan delivered a presentation on how and why the private sector should be integrated into international disaster response Mar. 26. The presentation was hosted Dr. Malinda Steenkamp and Ms. Johanna Garnett from the Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University, in Adelaide, Australia. The presentation was attended by representatives from the private sector, government and academia. Dr. Ryan discussed how increased disaster frequency and intensity throughout the Indo-Pacific is progressively pushing humanitarian agencies beyond their ability to cope and while the use of the military in such situations is standard [...]

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